Looking for Mail
“Mr. ZIP is on the street,” my husband tells me when he sees the Postal Service truck at the corner. Don adopted that nickname in reference to the character the USPS used to illustrate ZIP codes when we were young.* He tells me so that I’m warned that mail will be...
New Exhibit at Woman Made Gallery
“Letting the Dust Settle,” mixed media on canvas, was juried into the “Loss, A Virtual Exhibition” at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago. The show will run online Sept. 4-27, 2020. View the show at womanmade.org.
Woman Made Gallery Exhibit
While many art galleries have closed because of COVID-19, I’m pleased to be part of an online show at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Ill. “Grounded,” mixed media on wood, is part of the “Home: Virtual Exhibition,” through July 30. View it online HERE....
On Shaky Ground
The Earthquake The earth trembled And rocked with the rolling surge Of a colicky ocean wave And glass bottles vibrated Like echoing bells And books leaped from The library’s rattling shelves. I awoke And registered the earthquake On my personal Richter scale And...
Puzzling Days
Memorial Day was memorable. We don’t celebrate much on holidays, but this year it brought on more melancholia than I’d expected. We don’t have family nearby, and friends are usually busy with their families, so my husband and I spend quiet holidays together. This...